Tire-rim tool



Dec. 11, 1928. 1,694,893

.- x. SCHNEIDER ITIRE' RIM TOOL Filed Aug. 51, -1927 Unoauto@ kns Patented Dec. 11, `1928.

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XAVER SCHNEIDER, F YoNiKERafNEw Yoan.

y TIRE-31M TOOL.

' Application filed August 3,1, 1927. Serial No. 216,520.

vThis invention relates to automobile ac.-

p cessories, and more particularly to a device used to aid. the separation of the sections of a tirerim. 1 f I Heretofore, ifany changing of apunctured or blown-out tire was necessary or to remove the inner tube from the shoe, vmuch troublewas encountered in doing so, because of the fastness with which the section of the conventional metal riml held together; such dela often necessitating the unnecessary exa great amount of time and pen iture ofv energy. l n l ItV lis therefore the main object of this invention to provide a tool having effective grips to'easily open the convent-ionaltire rim and afford easy removal of the inner tubeor shoe. o e A- further'aim is in the provision of the 20 device of the class described, which is made of few and simple parts, rendering the same inexpensive to the automobile owner.

These several'objects,together with others,

which will become apparent as the vdescripl tion progresses, are attained by the novel Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of one of the gripping elements.

Inv the drawing, thenumeral 5 generally designates a'conventional clincher rim, Vhaving the usual outwardly fiared side edges 6,

the rim being slit so that the ends meet at 7.

at theirolo'wer ends with collarsl 9, in which are adjustably threaded,screws 10 having enlarged heads 11 on their inner ends, provided with transverse grooves 12 adapted to engage the outwardly iared edges 6 of the rim.

v The upper Aends of the arms 8y are integrally formed with ablock 13 in which isengage- I claim asnew and Apair ofconverging arms 8 are provided Vable an; adjustable screw 14 having a small l l` hand wheel 15 on its upper enf.

, Formedwith t-he block 13 are lugs 15, be- 55 tween which is pivotally mounted the yoke f of a pair of downwardly diverging arms 16, having collars 17 attheir lowerends, in

lwhich are engageable screws 18 similar to f Y the elements 10, the screws 18 also engaging 60 the edges 6 of the'rim'on the opposite si-deof the meeting point 7L Y Fixed onV the yoke of the arms 16 intermediate the lug is an L-shaped leve`r19, into which is ythreaded the lower end of the screw 14. n

i Thus, it will be seen thatV when the screws Y 10 and 18 are'A tightened, to rigidlyv engage@ j the edges 6V of the rim, on both sidesof the`v leading points Tand the handwheel 15 yis 70 rotated, the member 19 will be moved ina 3 downward, yarcuate path, obviouslyv separat-gV ing thev section of the ri From`l the .foregoing,it will be seen that a; j simple tool has been disclosed, `which is 75. adapted to readily separate the sections off a conventional tire rim, to enable the easy removal of the inner tube or shoe,'thus saving Vheretofore unnecessarily expendedjtime and energy. v so While the foregoing is descriptive of the.

- preferredembodiment of my. invention, I do not' wish to be limited to the exact details thereof, as changes may be made without departi-ng from :the spirit and scope of the ap- ,55 i

pended claim. y o j Having thus described my mventiomwhat ters Patent, is

A tool for separating the vsection of a tire o0 l a rim comprising avblock, a pair of-arms iXed y p to said block, a second pairl of `arms rotatable. in said block, collars on the lower ends of said arms, screws engaged` in vsaid collars,y

disc heads on theinner ends of saidscrews, said heads belngprovided with. a transverse groove adaptedto grip the side edges of the rim, a leverlixed to said second pair ofarms, and means rotatable in said block adapted to move said lever in an arcuate'path to sepa- 10,0 rate'said arms.

In witness whereof I have afHXed my sigi nature. Y

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